I'm getting very frustrated with my attempts to lose weigh

You may be eating more than you think.
Get a food scale and weigh everything you eat.
Measure every caloric thing you drink.
Log it all!
You will lose!

It could be so many things:
-water weight due to changes in diet
-water weight due to changes in exercise (ie, you mention arthritis - if your joints are swollen, they are holding more water)
-water weight due to changes in medication (or changing reactions to existing medications as you change your lifestyle)
-you stood on the scale differently than usual
-you had on different clothes than usual

If the scale continues to go up or stays the same for a couple more weeks, then the above posters have the most common cause of stalled weight loss: not accounting for all of your intake either because they aren't weighing and measuring properly or they aren't taking something into account, like the creamer they add to their five cups of coffee.

GRANDMASADIE2 wrote: »

I 'm a (175 lb. ) 67 year old female trying to lose 30 lbs.
I have started 6 weeks ago. I walk about 4 miles (using Fitbit getting in my 10000 steps) a day on my treadmill at 2.8 to 3.1 mph. I can't go faster do to arthritis in knee and hip. So I have started to use the incline (just at 1% right know. I have set my calorie intake to 1200 a day . Watching sugar fat and so on. I am feeling a little difference in the way my clothes,
BUT I GOT ON THE SCALES TODAY AND HAVE GAIND 2.5 POUNDS. What am I doing wrong ? I sure can use some help. It is very discourage. Thanks for any help

At 63 weight loss is very hard for me. I think you are more active and you increased your hunger maybe.

I had to finally cut out the carbs which is like sugar, grains and most all processed foods because they often have one or more of the many types of sugar that I never knew about until I did a lot of Goggling .

We do however require Fats and Protein. In my case I just increased the fats to replace the calories that I was getting from carbs before. 'Cold Turkey' on the carbs was very hard for a few weeks then the sugar craving stopped.

Read up on the subject and find something and try it. The body is very complex but wonderful. Best of luck.

If your clothes are fitting looser, I would say the work you are doing will show in time. My weight goes up plus or minus five pounds and very little has to do with what I was doing that day. It will come off.

jgnatca wrote: »

If your clothes are fitting looser, I would say the work you are doing will show in time. My weight goes up plus or minus five pounds and very little has to do with what I was doing that day. It will come off.

I agree. If your clothes seem to fit better you're going in the right direction. You may be drinking more water now and were dehydrated before - causing your weight to go up even though it's just water weight. As long as you know you are doing to right things and your clothes are fitting better don't worry too much about the scale. You can also add some strength training to your workout. You may want to look for a trainer with experience with older adults that can start you on a program - not that you would have to go back all the time just to start. Then maybe once every two months for at updated plan. I'm a physical therapist and we also can set up programs for people that have medical issues. Say you're having pain in your knees from arthritis - your doctor could probably write you a prescription for outpatient therapy. The therapist will evaluate you and set up a program that you can continue on your own. That would probably even be covered by your insurance.